Kieren Jones (Image: Dyfed-Powys Police)
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A drug dealer who was discovered concealing himself in a train’s toilets while on licence from a previous trafficking sentence has been imprisoned for four and a half years.
Kieren Jones, 28, formerly of Peregrine Close, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, but now of no fixed abode, admitted a string of drug-related offences at Swansea Crown Court.
Caught on the train
Prosecutor Abul Hussain told the court that on February 7 officers attended Carmarthen railway station in search of Jones in connection with domestic violence allegations. They located him hiding in the toilets of a train at the station. Jones attempted to flee but was quickly detained.
The domestic violence allegations did not ultimately result in any charge.
What officers found
A search of Jones uncovered bags of brown powdered rocks – later identified as 3.2g of heroin at 10% purity – along with 21 Pregabalin tablets and £5,500 in cash.
Police subsequently searched two properties in Haverfordwest linked to the defendant. At a Fleming Crescent address, officers recovered weighing scales, a quantity of cannabis, and an iPhone containing messages connected to the supply of cocaine and Pregabalin over the preceding month.
Guilty pleas
Jones pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine, being concerned in the supply of Pregabalin, simple possession of heroin, simple possession of Pregabalin, and possession of criminal property – namely cash.
Extensive criminal history
The court heard Jones has 36 previous convictions spanning 63 offences. His record includes possession of cannabis with intent to supply in 2015, simple possession of cocaine and amphetamine in 2020, simple possession of cocaine in 2023, and possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply in 2024 – for which he received a 47-month prison sentence.
He had been released on licence from that sentence when the latest offences were committed.
Defence arguments
Stuart John, representing Jones, told the court his client had been out of prison for 12 months before committing the offences. He said Jones had fallen into debt and when his “heroin problem became difficult” he turned to selling drugs, primarily cocaine.
Sentencing
Judge Geraint Walters told Jones that “yet again” he was before the court for drug offending, having resumed dealing “a relatively short time” after completing his most recent trafficking sentence.
After applying discounts for his guilty pleas, the judge sentenced Jones to four and a half years in prison. He will serve up to half the term in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community.
As he was led to the cells, Jones told the judge: “There will be no more drugs for me.”
